On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:14:29 -0500, Daniel J. Stern wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, C.H. wrote:
>
>> Is it legal in California to put HIR/9011/9012 bulbs into 9005/9006
>> sockets?
>
> There's nothing in the letter of the law that says you can't. 9011s and
> 9012s are DOT-certified bulb types, and I will eat my keyboard the first
> time a policeman -- ANY policeman -- knows enough to say "Hey, these 9012
> bulbs don't belong in these 9006 headlamps!".

You are certainly right, without taking your headlights apart they
basically have no way to know.

> But, any given headlamp is designed and intended to take one and only
> one type of bulb (9006, 9004, H7, H11, H13, D2S, 9012, whatever).
> It would be Federally illegal for any individual to make this swap on
> another individual's car in exchange for consideration (money, goods,
> services).

Sounds logical. I can do that myself though, fortunately.

Chris